5 Point Cafe
The Five Point is inarguably one of Seattle’s best dive bars. The floppy, salty fries have never seen the inside of a freezer, and if you like an old-school op…
415 Cedar St
Belltown
206-448-9991
Belltown
206-448-9991
Cafe Kanape
For 10 years, Sabine Ruthensteiner owned Contour downtown. Now she runs this Eastern European cafe that serves open-faced sandwich canapes—"They're much pretti…
700 Broadway E Suite D
Seattle
206-708-1210
Seattle
206-708-1210
Wonder Coffee and Sports Bar
Wonder Coffee and Sports Bar is a slick-looking hybrid of a cafe, Ethiopian restaurant, burger joint, sports bar, dessert place, and karaoke/live jazz venue in…
1800 S Jackson St
Central District
206-538-0044
Central District
206-538-0044
Citizen
Citizen is a very cute cafe in the eastern part of lower Queen Anne with crepes, sandwiches, and a careful selection of inexpensive wine (bottles of which are …
706 Taylor Ave N
Uptown
(206) 284-1015
Uptown
(206) 284-1015
Cone & Steiner
This market specializes in local foods, flowers, coffee, kombucha, and beer. You can hang out on their stoop with something tasty to go.
526 19th Ave E
Miller Park
206-582-1928
Miller Park
206-582-1928
Mecca
On one side, the Mecca is an old-timey counter-and-booth-style diner, for those times when only dependable diner food can hit the spot—and dependable it is. On…
526 Queen Anne Ave N
Uptown
206-285-9728
Uptown
206-285-9728
The Nook
Promising "cocktails, coffee, and cozy vibes," this West Seattle craft cocktail bar offers upscale libations and espresso in an antique-decorated space with a …
2206 California Avenue SW
North Admiral
206-420-7414
North Admiral
206-420-7414
Cafe Allegro
Cafe Allegro, reportedly the city's oldest espresso bar, is located in an alleyway behind Magus Books, another great and longstanding establishment in the Univ…
4214 University Way NE
Northeast Seattle
206-633-3030
Northeast Seattle
206-633-3030
Hudson
This Georgetown bar/restaurant, brought to you by the owners of Smarty Pants, has a neato central horseshoe-shaped bar and specializes in diner-style southern …
5000 E Marginal Way S
Industrial District
206-767-4777
Industrial District
206-767-4777
Ba Bar
You can get yourself fed—with the one of the city’s best bowls of pho, no less—from the morning till the wee hours at this stylish Vietnamese mini-chain, with …
2685 NE 46th St.
Northeast Seattle
(206) 328.1112
Northeast Seattle
(206) 328.1112
Eureka!
This exclamatory California-based upscale burger chain has tons of craft beers on tap and lots of kinds of whiskey (which may come in handy in University Villa…
2614 NE 46th St
Northeast Seattle
206-812-9655
Northeast Seattle
206-812-9655
Empire Espresso
Empire Espresso is a little piece of locally owned awesomeness in Columbia City featuring great coffee (from Seattle Coffee Works), great panini, beer and wine…
3829 S Edmunds St A
Rainier Valley
206-659-0588
Rainier Valley
206-659-0588
Lottie's Lounge
This unimposing neighborhood bar offers a decent selection of sensible happy hour bargains and an assortment of healthy-ish appetizers. Lottie's also offers a…
4900 Rainier Ave S
Columbia City
206-725-0519
Columbia City
206-725-0519
Pono Ranch
Pono is Hawaiian for, roughly, “a state of harmony or balance.” Near the north end of the Ballard Bridge, Pono Ranch is, roughly, an organic cafe—one with a “h…
4502 Shilshole Ave NW
Ballard
206-258-2162
Ballard
206-258-2162
Smarty Pants
A vast array of hot sandwiches—every damn one of 'em available vegetarian-style with homemade field roast—served up in a charmingly funky space. Also, Frito pi…
6017 Airport Way S
Greater Duwamish
206-762-4777
Greater Duwamish
206-762-4777
The Other Coast Cafe
The “other” coast is the East Coast (get it?!). The meats are thin-sliced and tasty, the lettuce etc. is fresh, and the bread is great (baguette-ish but withou…
5315 Ballard Ave NW
Ballard
206-789-0936
Ballard
206-789-0936
The Dray
Ballard's excellent pub/bottle shop/cafe is paneled in wood, but it's not wood-paneled in a '70s-rec-room way. The reclaimed fir planks are a toasty cedar colo…
708 NW 65th St
Phinney Ridge
206-453-4527
Phinney Ridge
206-453-4527
Duck Island Ale House
Duck Island is a comfy little pub just off Green Lake on Aurora. It has a full menu, an excellent jukebox, a great selection of beers, an oft-uninhabited pool …
7317 Aurora Ave N
Phinney Ridge
(206) 783-3360
Phinney Ridge
(206) 783-3360
